Deck 9: The Child Protection Process

Question 1

When are a report about child abuse is received, two decisions must be made:

A) Does the report meet the guidelines of child abuse or neglect? How well does the reporter know the child?
B) Does the report meet the guidelines of child abuse or neglect? How fast can the investigator get out to interview the child who was abused?
C) Does the report meet the guidelines of child abuse or neglect? How urgent is the report?
D) Does the reporter of the abuse meet the guidelines of child abuse or neglect? How urgent is the report?

Answer 1

Does the report meet the guidelines of child abuse or neglect? How urgent is the report?

Question 2

Any report that is determined to meet the criteria for abuse or neglect receives an investigation.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Determination about reports fall into three categories:

A) Substantiated, false, and not substantiated.
B) Substantiated, indicated, and reporter was making a false accusation.
C) Substantiated, indicated, and not substantiated.
D) Substantiated, not indicated, and not substantiated.

Answer 3

Substantiated, indicated, and not substantiated.

Question 4

Risk assessment is an ongoing process throughout the case and is based on current information about the child and family.

Question 5

The assessment process is used to:

A) identify, consider and weight factors that affect the child's safety
B) permanency and well-being
C) gain understanding of the family's strengths, needs and resources
D) all of the above

Question 6

Case plans do not need to be strengths based, culturally sensitive and developed with the family.

Question 7

Researchers have found that differential response plans:

A) Are often associated with increased services for the family, fewer subsequent reports of abuse and neglect, fewer re-assessments and fewer removals from the family home.
B) Are often associated with increased services for the family, more re-assessments and fewer removals from the family home.
C) Are often associated with increased services for the family and fewer removals from the family home.
D) Are often associated with decreased services for the family, fewer subsequent reports of abuse and neglect, fewer re-assessments and fewer removals from the family home.

Question 8

When considering family services:

A) The child welfare worker makes referrals for all services identified in the case plan because they help the family achieve the goals of their case plan.
B) Families should be able to find services on their own.
C) A list of services should be provided to the family and then it is up to the family to use the services or not.
D) The child welfare worker makes referrals for all services but these services may not necessarily meet the family needs.

Question 9

When monitoring a child welfare case, workers should:

A) Give a standardized assessment at every home visit.
B) Consider protective and risk factors of the child and family.
C) Ask the child to remove their clothes during visits so the worker can check for new marks and bruises.
D) Visit the family three times a month to check on their progress.

Question 10

Cases close due to:

A) Families cannot complete their case plan or the family discontinues contact with the child welfare agency.
B) Families completing their case plan and the child welfare worker closes the case.
C) Families completing their case plan, the judge closing the case, the family discontinues contact with the child welfare agency.
D) None of the above.